The semi-random thoughts and musings of my daily life... written, literally, from the laptop on my kitchen table.

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Sweet Tater, Sweet Tater

I gave in to a craving today.

Who knew I would ever be able to eat a sweet potato without pulling a face that speaks volumes about icky? Let alone spend the last 9 months craving them...

9 months. Yeah. Time for some folks to have a baby. They can create a whole new human being and I'm over here in the corner with a little drool hanging off my lip thinking 'sweeeeeeet pooooootaaaaaaato.'

I guess I should clarify, I've found one, just one, recipe for sweet potatoes that I like. I will still cringe in utter disgust at that marshmallow encrusted pile of yuckiness I grew up with during the holidays or those sweet potato fries I grabbed by mistake in the grocery store once... but these I like. I mean I REALLY like them!

[Edit: the original recipe, which I modified slightly, called for 1 egg in the potatoes. I forgot to add it! I think if you did, it would add a little bit of lightness to the texture and perhaps help it hold its shape a little better when serving. But it worked just fine for what I was craving without the egg.]

A comical side story...

I grew up saying praline like PRAY-leen. When I moved to Georgia, Derek's family says it like prah-LEEN. I knew they were a Southern thing so I just assumed I'd been saying it wrong all along but then, when I was buying the brown sugar and pecans for this dish, the grocery clerk said it made her think of pralines and she said it like I do!! Now I'm all sorts of confused...